Turning creative ideas into reality

Technology Education students will be able to turn their ideas into reality with the opening of a new design centre at Griffith University’s Mt Gravatt campus.

The first of its kind in Australian teacher education, the $230,000 Advanced Prototyping Technology and Aerospace Education Design Centre will enable students to produce prototypes for testing and evaluation.

Course convenor Dr Ivan Chester said each year final-year students designed projects to help solve a community problem but then may have to find a suitable manufacturer. Past designs include a new equipment transfer system for the Royal Flying Doctor Service, an oven safety guard to prevent child burns and an aid to help wheelchair-bound people change tyres on a vehicle.

“The new centre means they will be able to effectively produce their own designs,” he said.

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